Kesselpauke
[ˈkɛsl̩ˌpaʊ̯kə]
The verdict
“Kesselpauke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kesselpauke · Kesselpauke · German
Kesselpauke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kesselpauke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛsl̩ˌpaʊ̯kə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kesselpauke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kesselpauke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɛsl̩ˌpaʊ̯kə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kesselpauke, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kesselpauke, spelled K-E-S-S-E-L-P-A-U-K-E.
Definition
- 1Schlaginstrument mit einem metallenem Kessel, der mit natürlichem oder künstlichem Fell bespannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kesselpauke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der dumpfe Laut einer Kesselpauke ertönte.“
„Im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Trommeln und Pauken werden Kesselpauken auf bestimmte Töne gestimmt – große, tiefe, schlagende, göttliche Töne.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.